Teen Art & Lit — Booklists for Teens

Detectives, Horror & the Bizarre: Graphic Novels

Not for the faint of heart!

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Arkham Asylum: a serious house on serious earth
by Morrison, GrantIn the Batman mythos, most of the hero's archenemies end up being imprisoned in Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The asylum forms the settings for the 1986 graphic novel that has Batman face his murderous foes and tells the macabre hidden history of the asylum.

Batman: the long Halloween
by Loeb, JephThis stunning and stylish tale from the early days of Batman's career focuses on a serial killer named Holiday who kills once a month, only on holidays, and recounts the origin of Two-Face. As the Dark Knight struggles to find the elusive Holiday, he discovers no shortage of suspects, including Catwoman, the Joker, Poison Ivy, and the Riddler.

Big baby
by Burns, Charles Graphic novel pulp noir from the creator of "Black Hole," From the creator of the 2005 hit graphic novel "Black Hole" comes this new softcover of edition of his other masterpiece of modern horror. Big Baby is a particularly impressionable young boy named Tony Delmonte, who lives in a seemingly typical American suburb until he sneaks out of his room one night and becomes entagled in a horrific plot involving summer camp murders and backyard burials. Burns' clinical precision as an artist adds a sinister chill to his droll sense of humor, and his affection for 20th century pulp fiction permeates throughout, creating a brilliant narrative that perfectly captures the unease and fear of adolescence.

Black hole
by Burns, Charles In suburban Seattle, in the middle 1970's, a strange plague breaks out affecting only teenagers. Some teens got a few bumps whle others became monsters. And then the murders started.

Buffy the vampire slayer: the long way homeSeries Title: Buffy the vampire slayer
by Whedon, JossIn a direct follow-up to season seven of the smash-hit TV series, the Slayers have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt, but not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains.
Describes the adventures of Buffy after the events covered by the television program, as she faces a mysterious threat called "Twilight."

Crimson: tale of loyalty and loss
by Augustyn, BrianThe fateful bite of a vampire turns the world of teenaged Alex Elder upside down in this tale of loyalty and loss. As he adjusts to the terrors of undead society, Alex searches for nobility in the gothic underground of New York City. And in the back of his mind, he wonders whether he will ever be able to enjoy a normal life again.

Frank Miller's Sin City: the hard goodbyeSeries Title: Sin City
by Miller, FrankSin City is a place as tough as leather and dry as tinder. Love is the fuel, and the now-infamous character Marv has the match--not to mention a "condition." He's gunning after Goldie's killer, so it's time to watch this town burn!

Hitman: ace of killers
by Ennis, GarthIn this fourth Hitman collection, the heavily-armed hellspawn called the Mawzir returns to take his revenge on hit man Tommy Monaghan. But Monaghan isn't going down without a fight -- a fire fight, that is. As Monaghan and his mortal allies (including Catwoman) desperately try to keep the trigger-happy Mawzir at bay, another nightmare creature enters the pictures: the demon Etrigan, summoned by Tommy to defeat the Mawzir. But will Etrigan hold up his end of the deadly bargain?

JTHM: the director's cut
by Vasquez, JhonenMayhem and violence rule in this collection of issues one through seven of Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, as well as material seen before only in Carpe Noctem magazine. Dark and disturbingly funny.

Man-thing: whatever knows fear
by Rodionoff, HansFrom the screenwriter of the "Man-Thing" movie comes this prequel exploring the disappearance of the local sheriff in a backwater bayou town plagued by mysterious and horrific events.

Preacher: gone to Texas
by Ennis, GarthJesse Custer, a small town minister who merges with a half-angelic and half-demonic being called Genesis. Together with Tulip and Cassidy jesse sets out on a bizarre road trip.

Saga of the Swamp Thing
by Moore, AlanCreated out of the swamp through a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and the wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world's self-destruction. Swamp Thing . . . the only one who can save mankind.

The Dark Horse book of hauntings
by Allie, ScottHellboy Investigates a hidden cellar and discovers his own uncanny connection to the spirits within ... a young boy leads friends and family alike into an abandoned house from which no one ever leaves ... and an unprecedented fisticuffs ensues between a world traveler and the ancient spirit of an English mansion ... These ghostly stories and more await you within The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, a collection of original short horror stories by an award-winning lineup of comics' top talent.

The Goon: nothin' but misery
by Powell, EricBones will be broken and heads will roll! The Goon is a laugh-out-loud action-packed romp through the streets of a town infested with zombies. An insane priest is building himself an army of the undead, and there's only one man who can put them is their place: the man they call Goon.

The Invisibles: say you want a revolution
by Morrison, GrantThroughout history, a secret society called the Invisibles works against the forces that seek to hold back humanity's growth. Their latest recruit, a teenaged lout, must survive a bizarre, mind altering training course before being whicksed back in time to wit.

The Walking Dead: a continuing story of survival horrorSeries Title: The Walking Dead
by Kirkman, RobertAn epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: there is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living.